Backpacking in Desolation Wilderness
I cast off domesticity this past weekend and went for a three day camping-backpacking trip in the subalpine region of Desolation Wilderness. Giant granite boulders, smoothed and bleached bone-white by eons of weather, heave themselves upwards from the craggy lodgepole and fir that seem to be permanently misshapen by the wind. The first camp-night we [...]
eXtinction: the teaser
So I’m a bit of a hack behind the editing studio – and nowhere nearly as impressive as Stavros – the brilliant editor behind eXtinction – but I did manage to cut a teaser to give you a little flash of the film. We’re just now hearing back from film festivals, so we’ll have dates, [...]
eXtinction releases website, goes on festival tour
This past March, as many of you know or have read, I produced an environmental art short with my good friend and colleague, Clayton Haskell. A confluence of events brought about the film – from a poignant speech that was building inside me for three years to the passing of my dear mentor, Tom Eisner. [...]
Who is Obama? An Open Letter to the White House
I received this letter from my friend Scott Perez – whose friend, Virginia (and many more), were arrested in a peaceful demonstration in front of the White House for demonstrating against the Keystone XL Pipeline – a $13BN 2,000-mile atrocity – a scar through Indigenous territory – that will pipe out some of the dirtiest [...]
Private screening in NYC of eXtinction
Summer Rayne Oakes (Producer) and Clayton Haskell (Director) recently held a private screening of the film eXtinction at Phaidon | Store and benefiting Charity: Water on July 7, 2011. The film will debut in film festivals in 2012.
A serenade with sea turtles
A seaside adventure: Summer Rayne heads to Kona to swim with sea turtles.
Living off the Grid: My trip to Taos, New Mexico
Summer Rayne Oakes takes a trip to Taos, New Mexico to see Earthships firsthand.
Do the green thing
A cute video about “doing the green thing.”
From kissing frogs to carbon neutral cities
Brisbane, Australia makes a bold statement: They want to make their city carbon neutral by 2026 – and they are putting their money where their mouth is by supporting GreenFest 09.
Cities that refashion themselves every day
An excerpt from Italo Calvino’s novel, “Invisible Cities” and a photo from Esther Haven’s “La Chureca” brings to life the over-consumption of the world.
eternity begins and ends with the ocean’s tides
Summer Rayne Oakes heads south to the Dominican Republic to check out the coral restoration. See what she sees with this underwater video.
Glamour highlights the “70 Women of Green”
Glamour highlights the 70 women of green in their 70th Anniversary issue. From social justice activists to those who are styling green, take a look at the leaders.
Discovery Earth Live maps our Mozambique trip
Discovery: Earth Live maps our Mozambique community development work throughout the month.
“Tobago has two speeds: Slow and stop”
Summer Rayne’s trip to Trinidad & Tobago: River-trekking, bird-watching, bake-and-shark, and bumbling around.
Great Bear National Forest – sacred spaces, Day 1: Part One
A look in Great Bear National Rainforest.
Great Bear National Forest – sacred spaces, Day 1: Part Two
A look into the Great Bear Rainforest expedition.
Great Bear National Forest – sacred spaces, Day 2
A look into Great Bear National Rainforest expedition.
Great Bear National Forest – sacred spaces, Days 2 & 3
A look into the Great Bear Rainforest expedition.
Great Bear National Forest – sacred spaces, Day 4
A look into the Great Bear National Rainforest expedition.
Great Bear National Forest – Sacred Spaces, Day 6
Sept 24, 2007 (Morning and Afternoon) Humpback tail dive The mist was thick and the rain fell steadily throughout the morning when we embarked to go see Janie at the Cetacea Lab. It was a cozy cabin wired to capture all the eerie sounds of Humpbacks and Orcas throughout the bay. On our way back [...]
